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Patented May 23, 1933 PATENT OFFICE GRIFFITH S. DAVIS, 015 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA PUNCHING 'BAG HANGER Application filed June 27, 1932. Serial No. 619,503.

This invention relates to a hanger, and more particularly pertains to a hanger for suspending punching bags and the like.

An object of the invention is to provlde a hanger which is so constructed as to permit ready connection and disconnection of a bag relative to an overhead support, and

whereby the bag may be depended from a support by the usual flexible suspender and the latter so connected to the support as to permit within limits universal movement of the connection between the suspender and the support, so as to minimize twisting oli or other breakage of the suspender.

Another object is to provide a construction whereby the suspender may be readily attached to the connector in various adjusted lengths of the suspender.

Another object is to provide a hanger of the above character including a socket and a suspender connector loosely'seated in the socket in which the connector may be inserted in and removed from said socket through an opening in'the side of the latter, and in which the opening and connector are so relatively formed as to permit ready passage of the connector therethrough on purpose but to prevent accidental passage of the connector from the socket through said opening.

Another object is to provide a hanger of the above type in which the connector may be applied to and removed'from the socket with the bag attached thereto, that is to provide a construction in the socket which will permit passage of the bag suspender laterally through the walls of the socket while attached to the bag and connector.

With the foregoing objects in view, to-

gether with such other objects and advantages as may subsequently appear, the invention resides in the parts and in the combination, construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed and illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the hanger as applied;

Fig. 2 is a detail in vertical sectionon the line- 22 of Fig. 1;

taken Fig. 3 is a horizontal section and plan ably mounted in the socket, B, D a suspender carried by the connector, and E a connection aiiording an attachment betweenv the suspender D and the punching bag F.

As here shown, the support A comprises a horizontally extending panel which may be carried in an elevated or overhead position in any desired manner;

The socket B embodies'a substantially cylindrical side wall 7 arranged to depend Vertically from the under side of the panel support A, being here shown in Fig. 2 as provided with an outwardly extending flange 8 at the upper end thereof for attachment to the support A as by screws 9. However, the socket maybe formed with an upper end wall 10, as shown in Fig. .6, provided with an opening 11 adapted to receive a screw or bolt for efiecting connection with the support A.

The lower end portion of the cylindrical wall 7 is turned inw-ardlyto form an annular seat 12 around an aperture 13 in the'bottom orlower portion of the socket which seat afiords a bearing for the connector C, and formed in the wall 7 is a side opening 14 the lower margin of which is substantially arcuate inform, and leading from the lower central margin of the opening 14 is aslot 15 which communicates with the aperture 13.

The connector C isof genera-l hemi-sph'erical form; it having the exterior contour of a ball or sphere with diametrically opposed portions cut away thus imparting'to the connector the shape of a segment of a sphere.

The connector C is of a diameter exceeding that of the aperture 13 so that when the connector is positioned in the socket, as shown 1n Flg. 2, the connector will be supported on the seat 12 with its lower portion protrud- 22 ing through the aperture 13 and with its upper portion projecting interiorly of the socket. The connector C is thus supported for universal movement within limits; it being capable of rotating around the vertical axis of the socket and also of oscillatory movement around its center.

The connector C is formed with an annular recess 16 in the upper portionthereof and has a central circular opening 17 leading from its lower end and communicating with said recess.

The suspender D comprises a strip of flexible material of suitable length which is folded upon itself to form a loop 18 and is arranged with the loop portion extending downwardly through the opening 17 to depend from the connector C. A pin 19 is passed through openings 20 formed in the overlying portions of the strip which pin seats on the bottom of the recess 16 and thereby affords a support between the suspender and connector. A series of the openings 20 may be provided in the strip to facilitate varying of the length of the depending loop portion. v

The connector E may be of any suitable construction adapted to aflord an attachment between the suspender D and the bag F, but I preferably employ a connection of the character set forth in my copending application for United States patent, Serial Number 573,341, filed November 6, 1931, which connection is here shown and which embodies a frusto-conical shell 22 en a ed in the upper end of the bag F. The shell is formed with an inturned upper end 23 formed with a central opening 24 through which the loop 18 extends and is engaged with a slotted plate 25 bearing against the under side of an annular resilient cushion 26 seating on the under side of the inturned end 23 of the shell. The plate 25 is formed with a pair of parallel slots 27 between which extends a bar 28 and through which slots the loop 18 is passed to effect engagement with the bar 28, as particularly shown in Fig. 2.

In the application and operation of the invention, the socket B is rigidly attached to the under side of the support A with the connector C detached therefrom. The suspender strip D is engaged with the plate 25 by passing the ends thereof through the slots 27, whereupon the overlying end portions of the strip are passed through the opening 17 in the connector C and the pin 19 is inserted through opposed openings in the strip which openings are then disposed above the upper end of the connector. The suspender and connector are then moved relatively'to each other to dispose the pin 19 in its seated position on the bottom of the recess 16. The bag F is then attached to the connection E by lacing the upper end of the bag around the shell When it is desired to effect connection between the connector C and socket B the connector is passed laterally in its upright position through the opening 14, as shown in Fig. 5, and the depending loop portion 18 of the suspender D is passed through the slot 15 in such manner as to assemble the connector C interiorly of the socket B in its supported position on the seat 12, as shown in Fig. 2. The bag will then be suspended for free swinging movement relative to the support.

In order to insure against the connector 0 being accidentally disengaged from the socket B the connector is formed of a transverse width exceeding the height of the opening 14, whereby in event the connector be rocked on swinging the bag F in such direction that the suspender D would swing upwardly through the slot 15 the connector C would be engaged by the margins of the opening 14, as

shown for example in Fig. 4, and thus be prevented from passing outwardly through the opening 14. 4

When it is desired to effect disconnection between the connector C and the suspender D, the connector is lifted while in substantially its normal position so that it may be passed laterally through the opening 14. In thus detaching the connector from the socket the suspender D is passed outwardly through the slot 15.

I claim:

1. A punching bag mounting comprising a socket having an aperture in the bottom thereof and an opening in the side thereof, a connector seating in said socket extending through said aperture and being adapted to be passed through said opening, and a flexible suspender attached to and depending from said connector.

2. A punching bag mounting comprising a socket having an aperture in the bottom thereof and formed with an opening in the side thereof, a connector seated in said socket adapted to have universal movement therein, said connector being insertable into said socket and removable therefrom through said opening, a suspender detachably carried by said connector and depending therefrom below said socket, and means for attaching said suspender to a bag.

3. In a punching bag hanger, a socket having an aperture in the bottom thereof and formed with an opening in the side thereof, a connector within said socket having a hemispherical end portion seated on the margin of said aperture with the lower portion thereof protruding through said aperture, said connector being adapted to be passed through said opening, a flexible bag suspender at tached to said connector and depending therefrom, and means for attaching said suspender to a bag.

4. In a hanger, a socket formed with a side opening and having an aperture in the bottom thereof, a connector loosely seated in said socket with a portion thereof protruding through said aperture, said connector be ing adapted to be positioned within said socket and to be removed therefrom through said opening, a flexible suspender extending centrally through said connector, and means for detachably supporting said suspender on said connector.

5. In a hanger, a socket formed with a side opening and having an aperture in the bot: tom thereof, a connector loosely seated in said socket with a portion thereof protruding through said aperture, said connector being adapted to be positioned within said socket and to be removed therefrom through said opening, a flexible suspender extending centrally through said connector, and a pin protruding through said suspender and seating on said connector.

6. In a hanger, a socket formed with a side opening and having an aperture in the bottom thereof, a connector loosely seated in said socket with a portion thereof protruding through said aperture, said connector being adapted to be positioned within said socket and to be removed therefrom through said opening, a flexible suspender extending centrally through said connector, and a pin protruding through said suspender and seating on said connector, said connector being formed with a recess in which said pin seats.

7. In a hanger, a socket formed with a side opening and having an aperture in the bottom thereof communicating with said opening through a slot, a connector loosely seated in said socket with a portion thereof protruding through said aperture, said connector being adapted to be positioned within said socket and to be removed therefrom through said opening, a flexible suspender extending centrally through said connector and carried thereby, a bag connection carried by said suspender; said suspender being adapted to be passed laterally through said slot on engaging and disengaging said connector relative to said socket.

8. In a hanger, a socket formed with a side opening and having an aperture in thebottom thereof, a connector loosely seated in said socketwith a portion thereof protruding through said aperture, said connector being adapted to be positioned within said socket and to be removed therefrom through said opening, a flexible suspender extending centrally through said connector, and a pin protruding through said suspender and seat ing on said connector, said suspender being formed with a series of spaced openings to afford various connections for said pin.

9. In a hanger, a socket formed with an nector arranged todepend therefrom below the aperture in said socket.

10. In a hanger, a socket formed with an aperture in its bottom wall and having an opening in its side wall, a connector in said socket formed with an end portion in the form of a segment of a sphere, said end portion seating on the margin of said aperture, said opening being formed to permit said connector being passed therethrough when said connector is disposed in a certain position and to prevent passage of the connector therethrough when disposed in another position, a suspender carried by said connector arranged to depend therefrom below the aperture in said socket, and means for detachably connecting said suspender to said connector.

11. In a hanger, a socket formed with a circular aperture in its bottom wall, a con nector within said socket having the form of a segment of a sphere, which seats on the margin of said aperture with the lower portion thereof protruding through said aperture; said socket being formed with aside opening formed to permit transverse passage of said connector therethrough and to prevent passage of said connector endwa s therethrough, and a suspender carried y said connector depending from the lower end portion thereof.

12. In a hanger, a socket formed with a circular aperture in its bottom wall, a connector within said socket having a hemi spherical lower end portion seating on the margin of said aperture with the lower portion thereof protruding through said aperture; said socket being formed with a side opening formed to permit sidewise passage of said connector therethrough and to prevent passage of said connector endways therethrough, said socket also being formed with a slot connecting said opening and aperture, a suspender carried by said connector depending from the lower end portion thereof, said suspender being adapted to be passed laterally through said slot, and means for detachably engaging said suspender to said connector.

GRIFFITH S. DAVIS. 

